Microsoft confirmed on May 1, 2026, that new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds will make the Widgets board quieter by default, opening first to user-selected widgets instead of the MSN-powered feed and disabling hover launches, taskbar badges, and some alerts. That sounds like a small settings...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview quietly replaces one of the operating system’s most stubborn visual leftovers: the Windows 8-era loading spinner shown during sign-in, sign-out, restart, and shutdown flows. The change, spotted in Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8289...